A Perfect Candidate

1996
1h 45min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensue... Tout lireThe filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.

Réalisation
- R.J. Cutler
- David Van Taylor
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

7,3/10

295

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- R.J. Cutler
- David Van Taylor
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

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Citations
Minority voter: You gotta decide what you wanta vote for, the flu or the measles.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Striptease/Cold Fever/The Nutty Professor/A Perfect Candidate/Maybe, Maybe Not (1996)

Bandes originales
Democracy
Written and Performed by Leonard Cohen

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6/10

A Look Back At What Was

The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.

The election was 1994, the film was made in 1996, and I watched it in 2013. As I could not vote until 1999 and am not from Virginia, this story is a little bit foreign to me. Of course I know who Oliver North is. Even those who do not know what Iran-Contra was have at least heard of it. The scandal has haunted and will continue to haunt North, and was a good part of why he did not make it to the Senate (though he did better than you might think).

The film works as a look back at politics and campaigns in the 1990s, and how they have changed. Even more interesting is how since this setback, North went on to reinvent himself (again) as a news commentator.